Category: government

CRESTVIEW — Given the City Council’s consensus, City Clerk Betsy Roy and Fire Chief Joe Traylor are continuing to explore possibly acquiring land in the Old Bethel Road vicinity for a new fire statio…

CRESTVIEW — Judge Michael Flowers presided over the last court session at the Okaloosa County Crestview courthouse before its demolition and subsequent rebuilding. 
Brian Hughes captured this video…

CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County's plan to replace the Crestview Courthouse at 101 James Lee Boulevard East in Crestview will cause permanent closure of the building effective April l.
Many of current c…

CRESTVIEW — An unexpected increase in tipping fees at Waste Pro’s Santa Rosa County landfill will be passed on to city garbage customers.
The $7 per ton increase takes effect April 1 but the earlie…

CRESTVIEW — When the City Council is seated for its regular April 11 meeting, there will be some switching of name plates on the dais.
Toward the end of its March 28 meeting, the council voted in n…

CRESTVIEW — The City Council is closer than its ever been to acting on a consultant's 5-year-old recommendation to increase city customers' water rates from 1990s levels.
Since Tetratech consultant…

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Courthouse is bustling these days, but judges, bailiffs, defendants and attorneys are no longer the focus of activity.
While Judge Terry Ketchel heard some routine c…

CRESTVIEW — City Councilman JB Whitten, the Main Street Crestview Association and Community Redevelopment Agency will host a town hall meeting.
The event is 6-8 p.m. March 31 at Hideaway Pizza, 326…

The Wayne Harris campaign office has the endorsement of Pete Smith, who has served as Okaloosa County property appraiser since 1992.
Harris, R-Crestview, seeks the District 4 seat in the Florida Ho…

CRESTVIEW — With an election year’s first round of voting completed, Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Paul Lux and his staff are focusing on the next balloting.
The News Bulletin chatted wit…